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education is getting ready to change drastically. i work for a school in ohio that educates 15,000 kids that never go into bricks and mortar. the largest graduating class in america, online learning. this is coming and coming at 100 miles an hour to help people that don't have people. >> yet it is interesting. asome point, i promise you and i are going to have a conversation about that online learning. seth's democracy prep feels like the sort of thing that can't happen online. i feel like there are all kinds of skills that you can pick up. part of what happens when you are sitting in a classroom with your friends singing, vote for obama or vote for romney, is a different kind of experience. >> they could handle any kind of educational tool that you put in that? >> they if they have great teaches. >> new technology helps us in harlem or whether it helps us in hilton head, south carolina. this presidential race has been devoid of big ideas on education. on both sides. >> the one thing i would say, i do think we can have a technologica
education is getting ready to change drastically. i work for a school in ohio that educates 15,000 kids that never go into bricks and mortar. the largest graduating class in america, online learning. this is coming and coming at 100 miles an hour to help people that don't have people. >> yet it is interesting. asome point, i promise you and i are going to have a conversation about that online learning. seth's democracy prep feels like the sort of thing that can't happen online. i feel...
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pursuing higher education. at the table, ben cohen, ceo and founder of ben & jerry's, valerie kore, matt segal president of ourtime.org and felicia wong. you were talking a bit about this angst with the presidential election and whether or not they're addressing issues of students. this "time" magazine cover, i think this might be the second copy. >> even assigns homework. >> talk to me about that. is it time to reinvent college? >> i think the one thing the president did exceptionally well in his state of the union address was, yes -- >> your mic is dead. we're having a mic issue today. i promise i'll let you come back. >> valerie, is it time to reinvent college? >> i think it's time to reinvent, but not replace. i come from a farming family. i had the incredible privilege of getting my education at stanford, harvard and yale. that kind of access to knowledge, to mentorship, to networks is something i think every hard working student should have a shot at. that means a traditional college experience. but absol
pursuing higher education. at the table, ben cohen, ceo and founder of ben & jerry's, valerie kore, matt segal president of ourtime.org and felicia wong. you were talking a bit about this angst with the presidential election and whether or not they're addressing issues of students. this "time" magazine cover, i think this might be the second copy. >> even assigns homework. >> talk to me about that. is it time to reinvent college? >> i think the one thing the...
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universal health care, subsidized education and justin bieber. what do canadians feel about the empty threats of people relocating to canada. we welcome my friend peter from toronto. >> good to see you, melissa. you see all the people behind you this morning who have been skating out on democracy plaza. they're just getting ready for the test at the border. >> it will be nice and cold up there. that's right. so peter, you and i actually shared inauguration day together on the cbc. i wanted -- it was interesting to me because it turns out that there is sort of an anti-canada thing occurring right now. i just want to show you quickliment americans for prosperity, which is supporting the romney campaign has an ad out that takes a woman, akah nadian woman and says that we have to be careful not to become canadian. look at this quickly. >> i started losing my vision. i lost 3/4 of my vision in my right rye and half in my left. mord to see the specialists required, it was four months for one and six months for another. the doctor put down his pen and s
universal health care, subsidized education and justin bieber. what do canadians feel about the empty threats of people relocating to canada. we welcome my friend peter from toronto. >> good to see you, melissa. you see all the people behind you this morning who have been skating out on democracy plaza. they're just getting ready for the test at the border. >> it will be nice and cold up there. that's right. so peter, you and i actually shared inauguration day together on the cbc. i...
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applies here why wr if we had one or two big ballot measures that were really well campaigned on and educated and then you made your decision, that would be one thing. what we've seen is too much democracy, too much choice, which is a practical matter, you have down ballot voting where a lot of people don't bother to choose. the people who do choose aren't as well informed. i'll question back to the saturday night live ad about the undecided voters. when is the election some who? s who is the president? and be specific. and if you have trouble remembering the two people running for president, what do you think happening in a confusing 1% worded ballot like that. >> but sometimes there is a decent amount of information. the key one that i'm focusing on is the maryland marriage equality one. and there is a lot of information and a lot of bhalgts grounding going on with that. but i'm still distressed because it's not clear to me that someone's fundamental civil rights ought to be on a ballot. i mean, if slavery had been voted on, pretty sure it would have taken another, i don't know, tech and i
applies here why wr if we had one or two big ballot measures that were really well campaigned on and educated and then you made your decision, that would be one thing. what we've seen is too much democracy, too much choice, which is a practical matter, you have down ballot voting where a lot of people don't bother to choose. the people who do choose aren't as well informed. i'll question back to the saturday night live ad about the undecided voters. when is the election some who? s who is the...